Qe65 pro components table – Ocean Optics QE65 Pro User Manual
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QE65 Pro Components Table
Ocean Optics permanently secures all components in the QE65 Pro at the time of manufacture. Only 
Ocean Optics technicians can replace interchangeable components, where noted. 
Item Name
Description
1
SMA 
Connector 
Secures the input fiber to the spectrometer. Light from the input fiber enters the 
optical bench through this connector. 
2
Slit
A dark piece of material containing a rectangular aperture, which is mounted directly 
behind the SMA Connector. The size of the aperture regulates the amount of light 
that enters the optical bench and controls spectral resolution. 
You can also use the QE65 Pro without a Slit. In this configuration, the diameter of 
the fiber connected to the QE65 Pro determines the size of the entrance aperture. 
Only Ocean Optics technicians can change the Slit.
3
Filter
Restricts optical radiation to pre-determined wavelength regions. Light passes 
through the Filter before entering the optical bench. Both bandpass and longpass 
filters are available to restrict radiation to certain wavelength regions. 
Only Ocean Optics technicians can change the Filter.
4
Collimating 
Mirror 
Focuses light entering the optical bench towards the Grating of the spectrometer.
Light enters the spectrometer, passes through the SMA Connector, Slit, and Filter, 
and then reflects off the Collimating Mirror onto the Grating. 
5
Grating
Diffracts light from the Collimating Mirror and directs the diffracted light onto the 
Focusing Mirror. Gratings are available in different groove densities, allowing you to 
specify wavelength coverage and resolution in the spectrometer. 
Only Ocean Optics technicians can change the Grating.
6
Focusing 
Mirror 
Receives light reflected from the Grating and focuses the light onto the CCD 
Detector or L2 Detector Collection Lens (depending on the spectrometer 
configuration). 
7
Back-
thinned 
Area 
Detector 
with TE 
Cooling 
Provides 90% quantum efficiency and bins pixels in a vertical column to acquire 
light form the entire height of the spectrometer’s slit image. This improves light 
collection and signal-to-noise significantly. This 2D area detector is back-thinned 
(back-illuminated) and does not require the detector upgrade that is normally 
applied to other detectors. 
Only Ocean Optics technicians can add or remove the Detector.
8
Detector 
with OFLV 
Filter 
Eliminates second-order effects and is used with an HC-1 Grating in a 200-950 nm 
wavelength system in a QE65 Pro.